Little Falls transcript., 1887-03-04
EARTHQUA &. IN EUROPE.
Nice and Many Cities. on tho Gulf Of Genoa
K Partially Destroyed by Earthquake
~- p j.. ..~ Shocks.
Large Number % People Killed and injured,
Three Hundred Perishipx at crevo
Alone. -.

ROME Feb. 23.-Two shocks Of earth
quake were felt at Nice at O'clock this
morning: Houses rocked, walls cracked and
IN some cases trail tenements were thrown
TO the ground The people rushed from their
houses and fell upon their knees in the
streets, praying for deliverance from
sudden death Visitors to the city have
become thoroughly frightened and are leav-
Ing the place. Many persons were injured
by falling debris. Much alarm is felt lest
there be a recurrence Of the shocks The
prince Of Wales, who was at Nice few days
ago witnessing the festivities which precede
the Lenten season, had taken his departure
and was at Cannes Shocks We're also felt at
Monte Carlo and Monaco, at which places
they were SO severe that rocks were detached
from the cliffs and precipitated into the sea-
The disturbances extended as far as Geneva
There were many casualties at Nice. Two
houses, one In St Etlenne street and one in
St PHILIPPE street, and the Maison Bourke
were destroyed Three persons are buried
In the ruins. There was also slight shock at
Marsei!les this morning. The walls of q num-
Der OF houses in that city were cracked Shocks
were also felt at Leghorn and Milan and
several places in the province of Genoa,
lon at 6 o'clock. The first shock was of fif-
teen seconds and the second Of thirteen sec
onds. The Movement was from west TO
east. At Cannes three shocks were felt a,
The same hour. The first shock, which was
very Violent lasted for a minute. The Sec
ond and third shocks were not so severe US the
first Many persons at this place rushed to
the seashore for safety. Nobody was in
in NNn1 r A r1,-
perienced between 6 and O'Clock. The
first shock was very severe and awakened
everybody in the place. Several shocks were
felt at Geneva at o'clock. At the time Of
the earthquake at Nice the Riviera was
crowded with English and American tourists
and persons of distinction. When the first
shock occurred the streets were thronged
with persons in ball room costumes, return
ing to their homes from the last carnival sea-
son. To these the earthquake came with
peculiar terrors. The shocks were felt with
great severity at Savona, cear Genoa, and
number Of houses were wrecked and
eleven persons wafe killed at that place.
FAR WORSE.
The earthquake this morning devastated
the whole OF the italian Riviera At Noli,
on the gulf of Genoa and not far from
Savona several houses fell and fifteen per-
sons were killed Six were killed and thirty
injured at Oneglia, also on the gulf of Genoa
AT Diano~Marino, near Oneglia, scores OF
people were killed and hundreds injured
Fully third Of the town was DESTROYED
A second and severe shock has occurred in
Genoa, Ravia, Lucca, Cuneo, Alhizola, Porto,
Maurizio, Oneglia and Noli. At savona eight
persons were killed and fifteen Others
injured Immense damage was done to
property. Further details from the Riviera
Increase the disaster: At Crevo, near Diano-
Marina, 800 persons were killed by being
buried in the ruins Of falling buildings.
Railway traffic is suspended beyond Savona.
The prisoners in the government jail at
Finalbergo, alarmed by the earthquake, at.
tempted to escape but were overcome by
the guards An official dispatch from Cannes
says that no injury was done to life or prop
ETY. there but that great panic prevails
At Genoa the shock was very violent. The
ducal palace and many houses were seri-
ously damaged. There was an enormous
crowd at Carlo Felice theater to witness
gala performance. The greatest alarm pre-
vailed when the shock came, At Turin the
churches suffered severely. In the neigh.
borhood of Doordigera many houses fell.
killing the inmates